Mrs. Laura Elizabeth Harrison Dezern

Mrs. Laura Elizabeth Harrison Dezern, age 92, of Mt. Airy, NC passed away on Wednesday January 30, 2013 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Born in Surry County on May 22, 1920 to the late William and Verlie Mae Fowler Harrison, she was a faithful member of Snow Hill Baptist Church for nine decades. She was a loving homemaker and mother cherished by family and friends. She shared her bountiful love until the very end with all who graced her life with their presence.
She is survived by one daughter, Janie Dezern White of Elkin, NC and fiancé Nolan Boyles of Dobson, NC, a son and daughter-in-law, Chad and Tina Dezern of Winston-Salem, NC, one granddaughter, Elizabeth Latisa White of Elkin with special companion, Jake Edwards from Siloam, NC, and one sister, Gracie Holcomb of Elkin. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Luther Odell Dezern, three sisters, and four brothers. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday February 2, 2013 in the chapel of Moody-Davis Funeral Home in Dobson, NC with burial to follow in the Snow Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Mitchell Robertson will conduct the services. The family will receive friends at Moody-Davis Funeral Home on Saturday from 1:00 P.M. until the time of her service. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers memorials be made to Mountain Valley Hospice and Palliative Care at 401 Technology Lane. Suite 200, Mt. Airy, NC 27030.